Complete with a live DJ (Jamie Simmonds) and epic audio-visual show, Brinkman performs his own clever originals as well as re-workings of popular rap singles to illustrate natural selection, sexual selection and evolutionary psychology.
The performance was prompted by Professor of Microbial Genomics Dr Mark Pallen, author of The Rough Guide to Evolution, who had seen Brinkman’s internationally acclaimed Rap Canterbury Tales. Dr Pallen challenged the rapper to “do for Darwin what he had done for Chaucer”. To ensure scientific and historical accuracy, Brinkman consulted Pallen throughout the creative process, making The Rap Guide to Evolution the first peer-reviewed hip hop show.
